Brisbane Airport Environs Overlay: Bird and Bat Strike Zone and Public Safety Area

A geospatial feature class from Brisbane City Plan 2014 defining zones for aviation safety and public protection around the airport. The dataset is maintained by Brisbane City Council and was last updated in June 2026. It forms part of the regulatory overlay maps used for planning and development decisions.

Use Cases

• Assess development application compliance based on public safety area sub-categories.
• Model wildlife hazard risks for aviation based on the bird and bat strike zone.
• Inform land-use planning decisions using the Airport Environs overlay map.
• Cross-reference planning regulations with other City Plan 2014 overlay datasets.

Strengths

• Dataset is regularly updated as part of Brisbane City Plan 2014.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Linked to authoritative reference datasets for cross-referencing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, being specific to Brisbane.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council, derived from data created or owned by BAC (Brisbane Airport Corporation).

Collection Method

Created as part of the statutory Brisbane City Plan 2014 overlay mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:25:01.615349; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, specifically the airport environs.